Gabby's Story Part I

I've had lots of friends ask about my daughter Gabby and her story and until now I've been very vague about what went on. I want to share her story here to let my friends know what happened as well as to get lots of built up emotion out...
Gabby’s story starts back on September 4, 2009. I woke up especially early to help Jimbo get all packed up and ready to head to his cousin's wedding in Santa Fe. I was also anxious to take that test... the one that could change my life forever. Those 3 minutes were sooo long, they seemed to take days (the feeling of time standing still would be one I would become very familiar with over the next months) but once they were up I looked down and saw that plus sign and it literally took my breath away. I was happy, scared, nervous, anxious everything all at once. I was going to have another baby... 7 years after having my first. WOW! I cannot keep a secret; not even good ones, from my husband so I immediately shared the news with him. And I'm sure he was in shock for a few minutes but once it passed I could tell he was absolutely ecstatic. After Jimbo's return from his weekend trip, we shared our news with Gage, he would be a big brother! He was beyond excited! We spent the next few weeks sharing our news with other family and friends.
I've had the same OB/GYN since Gage was born and it was just natural for us to continue to see her. She is a wonderful doctor and we both loved her very much. Throughout my pregnancy, everything was great. No morning sickness, no nausea, no funny cravings. I felt amazing and I love the feeling of being pregnant and feeling the baby kick and move.
Around the time I was 4 ½ months pregnant, the day had come to find out if we were having another boy or a girl! Up until I was pregnant I always said I wanted only boys but as the day to find out got closer and closer I changed my mind.. I didn't care I just wanted the baby to be ok, to be healthy. Sitting in the waiting room at the ultrasound office seemed to take forever; the actual time was probably 10 minutes! When I was finally called back and the ultrasound was started, we got to see our beautiful baby GIRL! She was doing great. This was the 1st of about 4 ultrasounds that we had. During our 3rd ultrasound, the doctor thought that our baby girl may be a little small but after the 4th & final ultrasound she seemed to be right back on track.
The last 4 ½ months of my pregnancy flew by, the only time during this whole ordeal that didn’t seem to linger. Before I knew it, the doctor was talking about induction day. Our baby girl would be making her entrance into this crazy world on May 10, 2010 (just 2 days before big brother Gage would turn 7)…..